Forester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialimagemessage-square138fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down136file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1299arrow-down1imageA cow is more likely to kill you than a sharkpawb.socialForester@pawb.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square138fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-226 days agoBreeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes. The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
minus-squareForester@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agowere not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.
Breeder reactors don’t create fuel. They convert not-quite-usable isotopes into usable isotopes.
The process is analogous to “cracking” crude oil, converting heavy, less-usable components of the crude into lighter, more valuable fuels.
were not running out of thorium for the next few 10k years and we already have massive stocks as its a byproduct of rare earth element extraction. If we haven’t cracked fusion by then i guess were boned.